WASHINGTON — TRICARE is coming under fire for its decision to renew a multibillion-dollar contract to Express Scripts to manage the U.S. military’s health care program’s pharmacy benefits.

Independent pharmacies said they’ve had to leave the program over unsustainably low reimbursement rates, while changes to the program have required ...Read more

For years, the question of whether to take medication to lower high blood pressure had been partly answered by a tool that calculated someone's 10-year risk of having a heart attack or stroke.

But new equations, which take into account both 10-year and 30-year predicted risk for cardiovascular disease, suggest that even if short-term risk is ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Jonnae Thompson has felt for a long time that her dark brown skin and natural hair have made finding work in Hollywood especially hard.

“It’s like this negative connotation,” said the 37-year-old actress, singer, and stand-up comedian, who said she is often asked to audition for villainous roles such as a bully, drug ...Read more

On May 13, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., published an open letter to Novo Nordisk on the front page of a leading Danish newspaper, urging the hometown company to live up to its altruistic standards by lowering U.S. prices for its blockbuster diabetes and weight loss drugs.

What Sanders didn’t realize was that Denmark, a country of 6 million, ...Read more

Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics announced on Aug. 9, 2024, that the Food and Drug Administration declined to approve the company’s application for the use of MDMA-assisted therapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. It is the first such decision issued on a psychedelic drug application.

Many investors and researchers ...Read more

WASHINGTON — MDMA came close to becoming medicine on Friday, but it missed the mark.

The Food and Drug Administration declined to approve what would have been the first psychedelic drug used for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, a blow to advocates who have touted the potential of the Schedule I controlled substance also known ...Read more

Sterling Sinema is alive today because of quick actions taken by his wife and a diverse group of medical personnel — and a pioneering program to get rapid aid to victims of cardiac arrest.

Headed for urgent care in Escondido, Calif., to manage a severe bout of heartburn, Sinema suddenly collapsed sitting in the passenger seat of his wife ...Read more

Active workstations incorporating a walking pad, bike, stepper and/or standing desk are successful strategies for reducing sedentary time and improving mental cognition at work without reducing job performance, according to a Mayo Clinic study. But you don't need to spend money on new office equipment to achieve the benefits of an active ...Read more

The recent Olympics are inspiring another generation of young athletes.

Gymnastics, always popular, can be a great sport for children, helping them build strength, flexibility, balance and coordination. It’s also important to ensure a safe, positive experience by preventing gymnastics injuries.

To reduce the risk of injury, young gymnasts ...Read more

“Star Wars” actor Daisy Ridley has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder that can come with serious consequences: heart failure, stroke and thinning bones, just to name a few. With more than 3.3 million Americans affected by the disease, she’s hardly alone.

The “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” star revealed during an interview with...Read more

Over 150 people in Illinois started bleeding uncontrollably after using synthetic cannabis-based products – including fake marijuana, Spice and K2 – that contained the rat poison brodifacoum in March and April 2018. By the end of July 2021, these banned products were still being sold in 10 states and the District of Columbia, resulting in...Read more

Scientific studies and media coverage are rife with warnings on how sugar, carbohydrates, saturated fat and lack of exercise contribute to obesity. And tens of millions of Americans are still overweight or obese in large part because of the classic Western diet and lifestyle.

As an educator, researcher and professor of medicine, I ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration has declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD, vanquishing any prospect that the controversial mind-altering drug, also known as Ecstasy or Molly, will be a legal part of modern medicine.

San Jose-based drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics said the FDA notified the ...Read more

Ready or not, back-to-school season is here, and kids will be bringing home more than homework. They’ll be carrying germs, too.

These viruses and bacteria will be agents that cause the common cold, influenza, norovirus, COVID-19, strep throat and more. There’s a reason why boxes of tissues and sanitizing wipes show up on most ...Read more

It has been more than a year since the World Health Organization declared an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. But while the virus no longer qualifies as a crisis, experts say it will only stay under control if people get vaccinated.

"Population immunity has moved us out of the pandemic," said Dr. Manisha Patel, chief medical officer for the ...Read more

We’re firmly in the “buyer beware” era of obesity drugs. And unfortunately, it seems like we’re going to be stuck here for a while — even after product shortages resolve.

There’s recently been a flurry of worrying warnings about the safety and efficacy of knock-off obesity medications. Despite how these drugs are often marketed, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — I sat in my car, in an El Segundo shopping mall parking lot, looking up at a new storefront touted as a one-stop shop for feeling physically fit, emotionally grounded and socially connected. My shoulder ached. It was my good luck that on the same day I was touring Love.Life — a new luxury health center conceived by John Mackey,...Read more

Last December, dozens of young hockey players were rushed to hospitals in the Buffalo, New York, area — some vomiting, lethargic and suffering from headaches.

The skaters had been exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide at an indoor ice rink, a problem that is far from uncommon. Most rinks use ice resurfacing machines — often known by the...Read more

It’s not easy to make public health decisions without access to good data. And epidemiologists and public health workers for Native American communities say they’re often in the dark because state and federal agencies restrict their access to the latest numbers.

The 2010 reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act gave tribal ...Read more

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Facing an ultracompetitive market in one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities, UF Health is trying a new way to attract patients: a combination emergency room and urgent care center.

In the past year and a half, UF Health and a private equity-backed company, Intuitive Health, have opened three centers that offer both ...Read more